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Intercropping: when rice breeds fish breeds rice

By admin, on January 8th, 2012%

A notable announcement would have been made yesterday at this year’s Indian Science Congress at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. The rural, tribal belt of Koraput, Orissa which is rich in floral and faunal diversity would have been formally declared as the eleventh “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System” (GIAHS) by the FAO-UNDP-GEF group.

Each GIAHS is a remarkable . . . → Read More: Intercropping: when rice breeds fish breeds rice

Pulses, milk products pushing up inflation: RBI dy governor

By admin, on December 11th, 2011%

PUNE: Reserve Bank of India’s deputy governor Subir Gokarn on Friday said that rising consumption of pulses and milk-based products and lack of increase in their production were major contributors to rising inflation.

Compared with cereal consumption, the average intake of protein-rich food like pulses, milk and meat, fruits and vegetables and processed food items . . . → Read More: Pulses, milk products pushing up inflation: RBI dy governor

Banana with Reliance

By admin, on November 26th, 2011%

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रबी के लिए कमर कसी

By admin, on November 5th, 2011%

खरीफ फसल की कटाई के बाद अब किसानों ने रबी सत्र के लिए कमर कस ली है। खेतों में रबी की फसल गेहूंॅ, चना, सरसों, अलसी, मटर सहित औषधीय फसलों की बोवनी प्रारंभ हो गई है। कृषि विभाग ने इस साल कुल 1 लाख 70 हजार 800 हेक्टेयर में रबी फसल बोवनी का लक्ष्य रखा . . . → Read More: रबी के लिए कमर कसी

India joins 16 nations to crack wheat genome in three years

By admin, on November 5th, 2011%

NEW DELHI: The elusive wheat genome – the most important crop globally – will be cracked within the next three years. Indian scientists have joined 16 other nations – the US, the UK, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Czech Republic, Norway, Israel, Turkey, Russia, China, Japan, Australia and Argentina – in the initiative.

The department of . . . → Read More: India joins 16 nations to crack wheat genome in three years

Know your seeds

By admin, on October 16th, 2011%

In the August Oota from your Thota (OfyT) event, not only did I have the opportunity to interact with several garden enthusiasts, I also managed to overhear snatches of conversations among the visitors and participants.

What struck me particularly was how people thronged to buy vegetable seeds sold at the event. Some visitors even fretted . . . → Read More: Know your seeds

Use cluster farming to raise output of pulses: PMO

By admin, on September 16th, 2011%

The PMO also directed the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to fast-track enhancement of its storage capacity by more than 150 lakh tonne in 19 states, 40 lakh tonne of which is to be added by March next year, sources said.

It was noted at the meeting that the National Food Security Mission has achieved . . . → Read More: Use cluster farming to raise output of pulses: PMO

Rice production in 2011-12 kharif season likely to be 87.10 mt

By admin, on September 16th, 2011%

Rice production in 2011-12 kharif season is likely to be 87.10mt compared to 80.65mt last year, the first advance crop production estimates for the country say

Total food grain output has been pegged at 123.88 mt compare dto 120.20mt in the fourth advance estimates for last year, which is higher by 3.68mt.

However, the pulses . . . → Read More: Rice production in 2011-12 kharif season likely to be 87.10 mt

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